Folding crate.



J; WAHL. 'FOLDING CRATE. ,I APPLICATION H LBD MAf-Zj, 1912. y

- Patented Nimes, 191.2.A

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JOSEPH-WAH'L, 0F .NEW YORK, N. Y.

" FOLDING cnarii.

specification of Letters' Patent. Patented Nov,

Application aied'iaareh 27, 1912. serial No. 686,466.

l responding V.parts throughout the several Beit known that I, JolsEBH WAHL,"a citifigures of the drawings.

States of Americaf residyy improved cratev is .constructed of 'six ing in. New York, in the `borough of Manmain-parts: A bottom a, a front-wall b, a liattan, in the county and State of New rear-wall d, two side-walls c, c', and a top or York, have invented certain new and useful cover e. The bottom, front and rear-walls, Improvements lin Folding Crates, of which side-walls and cover are constructed of slats specication. separated by interstices and longitudinal y This invention relates to an improved holding straps and used whether with or foldable or collapsible crate which is inwithout a lining of cardboard according as tended for the purpose of shipping various the crate is to be used for lighter or heavier light articles of ladies wear, or fruits, flowgoods, or for goods for which ventilation of the contents is desired.

ers, confectionery, and other articles of n The side-walls c, c are hinged to longigreater weight, l

tudinal cleats a which are nailed or otherin a perfectly secure and protected manner, the crate being adapted wise attached to the bottom' a; byineans of metallic straps a2 which are' passed around to be folded up after use so as to be stored for repeated use or returned to the shipper.

cleats a and around the rounded oit portion of the lower straps of the side-walls,

as shown in Fig. 8, said straps being attached by means of tacks to the cleats so as to form a neat and yet reliable hinge-connection between the side-walls and the cleats of the bottom. The front and rear-walls Z1 and (l are likewise hinged to the bottom by means of hinge-straps b', d', which are attached to the bottom and formed of ringshaped portions that engage the rounded off ends of the bottom-strips of the front and rearwalls, as shown clearly in Figs, 1 and 8. The side-walls c, upper corners with exterior angular straps j' which are attached to the outside of the an improved collapsible shipping crate, which is made partly of wood and partly of cardboard, and constructed in such a Inanner that the bottom, side-walls, end-walls and cover .are made of longitudinal and transverse strips of wood having interstices between the transverse strips, the side end-walls being hinged to the bot-- tom and locked .together in by I neans ofthecover,

ding thev same in position in connection with fastening-devices on the corners or side-walls, as will be fully described hereinsidewalls so that the angular portion proafter and finally pointed out in the claims, jects over the lfront and rear-walls when In the accompanying drawings, .Figure l they are placed in upright position. A-

perspective view of my improved inside of each upper corner of the side-walls and a vertical transnear the angular straps f, both angle-straps verse section, on line 2 2, and 3-3, Fig. f, f', being made of sheet metal and form- 1, Fig. 4 is a plan-view of the cover of the ing a loop adapted to embrace the upper crate, Fig. 5 a Vvertical transverse section of ends of the front and rear-walls and hold the cover, on line 5-5, Fig. 4, Figs. 6 and 7 the saine rigidly in upright position for are respectively a plan-view of the bodyforming the box-body, as shown in Fig. 9. portion of the crate, shown in folded posihe angular-straps f, fproject when the tion, and 'a vertical transverse section, on side-walls are folded down on the bottom a line 7-7, Fig. 6, Fig. 8 is a detail ,view over the lower straps of the front and rearpartly in vertical transverse section, on a walls, as shown in Fig. 6. The exterior larger scale, of the hinge-connection of the angular corner-straps f serve also lfor reside and end-walls with the bottom of the inforcing the upper corners of the box-body, crate, and Fig. 9'is a detail plan view of one 4and hold the front and rear-walls in upof the upper corners of the side-walls, right position against. pressure both 'in iiishowing the stop-devices for the front and ward or outward direction. The cover c .is provided'atits underside with longitudirear-walls. n

Similar letters of reference indicate ,cornal and transverse grooves e', e2 which are c are provided along their `second angularstrap f', is attached to the iro arranged near the edges and at such a disof the cover hold the side and end-walls in tance from the saine that they `fit snugly over position, in connection with the angle-straps,

the upper ends of the side-Walls and front and rear-walls so as to serve for holding them firmly in upright position in connection with the angular straps f, f on the sidewalls. The side-walls are provided at the center of their outer upper strips with staples of screw-eyes f2 and angular locking straps f3 which are placed over the outer edge strips of the cover e after the walls and cover have been placed in position and connected Atogether, as shown in Fig. 1, the uper ends of said angular straps f bein nailed on to the cover after goods to be s iipped have been placed into the crate. On arrival of the crate with the goods, the nails are Withdrawn from the fastening-straps f and the box opened in the usual manner.

lVhen the box is to be used for shipping articles, the front and rear-walls are first placed in upright position, then the y of the cover,

side-Walls also placed in raised position insuch a manner that the outer and inner anglestraps engage the upper corners of the front and rear-walls and hold them in upright position after the goods are placed in the crate and the-cover placed in position over the body by means of the grooves on its underside on theupper ends of the side and end-walls. The fastening-straps are then placed in position and fastened to the edge-- strips ofthe cover by nails or screws. When the goods arrive at the point of destination, the nails or screws of the locking-straps are removed, the locking-straps swing clearl and the latter lifted olf the body of the box; the goods shipped in the crate are then removed, the front and rear walls iire iii-st folded down on the bottom, then the side-walls over the front and rearwalls, as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, after which the cover is placed in position over the folded body and theparts tied together sothat the box can be stored or returned to the shipper for repeated use. As the grooves special fastening-devices are dispensed with, and la strong shipping crate obtained that can be manufactured cheaper and quicker than other` foldingy crates heretofore made.

I claim: y

l. A foldable shipping crate, comprising ,a bottom, cleats attached to the bottom at opposite sides thereof, side-Walls hinged to' said cleats, front and rear-walls hinged to said bottoin'at the front and rearl edges thereof, angle straps attached to the upper corneiof one of the side walls on the innerl and outer yfaces thereof and projecting at right angles thereto forming a loop for engaging the upper corner of an adjacentendwall, and a cover with longitudinal and transverse grooves near its edges, said grooved cover being providedat its underside adapted to be placed over the upper edges of the side and end-walls.

"2. A foldable shipping crate, comprising a bottom, cleats attached to the bottom at opposite sides thereof, side-walls hinged to said bottom at the front and rear edges thereof, angle straps attached to the upper coi-ner of one of the side-Walls on the inner and outer faces thereof and projecting at right angles thereto forming a loop for engaging the upper corner of an adjacent end-wall, a cover provided at its underside with longitudinal and transverse intersecting grooves, said grooves being adapted to be placed over the upper ends of the side and end-walls, and angular locking straps applied to eyes or staples on the upper strips of the side and end-wallsIand adaptedv to be placed over the edge strips of the cover.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as niy invent-ion, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH WAHL.

Witnesses:

PAUL GoEiEL, J oiiN MURTAGH. 

